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IN THE SCHOOLS
For more information on
NEA Jazz in the Schools,
please contact the NEA at
(202) 682-5762 or visit
www.neajazzintheschools.org.
Through the NEA Jazz in the
Schools program, the National
Endowment for the Arts
presents a free educational
resource for U.S. history, social
studies, and music teachers.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, a not-
for-profit arts organization
dedicated to jazz, produced the
curriculum in partnership with
the NEA and with the support of
the Verizon Foundation.
NEA Jazz in the Schools is a
five-unit, web-based, multimedia
curriculum that explores jazz as
an indigenous American art
form and as a means for
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The curriculum is designed for
high school students and
includes a teacher's guide with
teacher tips, cross-curricular
activities, and assessment tools
as well as a timeline poster,
period photographs, musical
excerpts, links to additional
resources, and a brief video to
introduce each lesson.
All of the materials adhere to
national U.S. history, social
studies, geography, and arts
education standards. In addition
to being online, all materials are
available in print and on a DVD
and CD contained in a teacher's
toolkit.
As a cross-disciplinary
resource, NEA Jazz in the
Schools offers different points
of entry to important
information. Its multimedia
components enrich the learning
experience for students and
provide teachers with varied
tools to use in their classrooms.
Lessons titles are:
• The Advent of Jazz:
The Dawn of the Twentieth
Century
• The Jazz Age and the
Swing Era
• Bebop and Modernism
• From the New Frontier to
the New Millennium
• Jazz: An American Story
The NEA Jazz in the Schools
program is an important
investment in jazz for the
National Endowment for the
Arts that will help connect
young people to a defining
American art form. The
program represents the NEA's
commitment to creating model
programs of artistic excellence
and broad national reach,
especially for arts education.
The NEA Jazz in the Schools
initiative also further advances
the mission of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, which is committed to
creating jazz listeners of all
ages through education,
concerts, and broadcasts.
Jazz music and its heroes
tell a different, homegrown
mythology and provide a voice
for some of the nation's most
significant historic events.
NEA Jazz in the Schools is
released in partnership with the
International Association for
Jazz Education (IAJE).
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE ARTS AND JAZZ
Through its annual support of jazz
and its signature NEA Jazz Masters
program, the National Endowment for
the Arts has maintained a leadership
role in the advancement and
perpetuation of jazz for 35 years.
The NEA Jazz Masters Award, the
nation's highest honor in jazz, features
a roster of 87 jazz greats. Some of
those national treasures of jazz will
be featured in the curriculum. Other
jazz projects at the NEA include
the following:
• NEA Jazz Masters on Tour, a tour
by NEA Jazz Masters featuring
educational activities for every
engagement, sponsored by Verizon
in partnership with the Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation and Arts
Midwest.;
• PBS broadcast of Legends of Jazz:
A Salute to the Jazz Masters and
NPR's Jazz Profiles series, both
featuring NEA Jazz Masters; and
• Grants to jazz organizations, arts
presenters, and educational
institutions nationwide.
NEA Jazz in the Schools is a five-unit,
web-based, multimedia curriculum
available in Fall 2005 at
www.neajazzintheschools.org.
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